Colliers International and United Country Auction Services to Offer 29 Commercial Properties at Southeast Texas Commercial Multi-Property Auction November 16

KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - October 28, 2009) - More than $50 million of prime commercial
real estate will be sold November 16 during a Southeast Texas Commercial
Multi-Property auction in Houston, Texas. Colliers International and United
Country Auction Services announced today that the auction will offer 29
commercial properties including office and industrial buildings, an
apartment complex and prime commercial sites, located in southeast Texas.

"The commercial real estate market is in transition and by many measures,
an unprecedented market adjustment has begun," said Patrick Duffy,
president, Colliers International -- Houston. "In response to the current
needs of our clients, Colliers International and United Country Auction
Services have partnered to deliver Accelerated Real Estate Resolution
Services (ARERS) to provide clients with a blended method of marketing and
asset disposition."

This multi-property auction event includes a diverse portfolio of
properties located in high-demand submarkets of Houston, many offered for
the first time and several with seller financing options available, from
the six-story South Main/Medical Center Class B atrium style office
building located on the I-610 Loop in Houston to 10.28 +/- acres of
development land near I-610 and SH-288.

"This event provides an amazing business opportunity for investors to
expand their portfolios with prime properties at favorable prices during
this unique commercial real estate market. Offering properties through an
auction event provides expedience, effectiveness and the ability to achieve
a transparent price through competitive bidding. In fact, more than $15.5
billion of industrial and commercial real estate was sold via the auction
method of marketing in 2008," said Mike Jones, president, United Country
Auction Services.

The Southeast Texas Commercial Multi-Property Auction will be held November
16 at the Four Oaks Place Conference Center and Auditorium at 1330 Post Oak
Blvd. in Houston, Texas. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. and the auction
will take place at 11 a.m. Online bidding will be provided through Proxibid
(www.proxibid.com/jonesswenson). Property details and terms and conditions
can be found at www.UCAuctionServices.com or by calling 713-830-2112.

About Colliers

Colliers International is a global affiliation of independently owned
commercial real estate firms. The organization's 12,749 employees span the
world in 294 offices in 61 countries. On a worldwide basis, Colliers
manages more than 1.1 billion square feet and has revenue of $US 1.6
billion. For more information, visit http://www.colliers.com.

About United Country

United Country Real Estate is the largest fully integrated franchise
network of conventional real estate and auction real estate professionals
in the United States. Based in Kansas City, Mo., the company has been an
innovator in real estate marketing since 1925. United Country supports
nearly 650 offices across the U.S. and in Costa Rica with a unique,
comprehensive marketing program that includes one of the largest portfolios
of property marketing web sites (more than 1,000 separate sites), seven
proprietary real estate catalogs with a cumulative distribution of 1.5
million, an extensive buyer database and national advertising of properties
to more than 90 million potential buyer prospects a week. United Country
has been recognized by Dun and Bradstreet's AllBusiness.com as the top U.S.
real estate franchise, the Wall Street Journal as a top 1 percent franchise
and Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500® as a top 100 global franchise.
For more information, visit http://www.unitedcountry.com.